The Wallabies won’t be baited by master niggler Eddie Jones this week, according to flanker Dean Mumm who has declared of their season-ending clash “we’re not playing Eddie”.

The former Wallabies coach went on the front foot after his side’s win over Argentina on Saturday, putting the Australian scrum in the spotlight and taking shots at the Australian media.

He last week declared Argentina the second best team of the Rugby Championship – despite the Wallabies occupying that spot on the ladder – and appears certain to resume the mind games he employed during the 3-0 series whitewash in Australia in June.

On that occasion, he got under the skin of coach Michael Cheika and the Australian players.

Mumm insists that won’t happen again.

“I’m sure Eddie’s up to his regular tricks but I will try not to make myself aware of it really,” Mumm said.

“It’s kind of irrelevant to what we want to do next week.

“We’re not going out there and playing Eddie Jones. We’re going out there and playing England.

“And there’s a whole 23 of them willing to stop us so we’ve got a big job on our hands to get that done.”

The Wallabies are a vastly different side to the one which was humbled earlier this year, with Cheika having handed debuts to 13 players since the start of the England series.

Among the best performed players in 2016 are the likes of rookies Dane Haylett-Petty, Rory Arnold and Reece Hodge – all of whom will be expected to start at Twickenham.

Arnold – along with the injured Adam Coleman – has been pivotal in strengthening the lineout, one of the areas Mumm believes Australia’s made giant strides this year.

“Our set piece has come a reasonable way since the start of the year,” Mumm said.

“In saying that, it’ll be a big test next week. It always is against England but there’s certainly improvements there.

“There’s a general level of improvement of skill and there’s an element of resilience perhaps that we didn’t have at the start of the year so much.”